Aishwarya Rai

Now that the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai is all set to become the daughter-in-law of the Bachchans, all are wondering whether she will give up her Bollywood career after her marriage.

A source close to Bachchans says that after marriage, Ash is not giving up films. “There’s absolutely no talk of Aishwarya giving up her career,” the source said.

“After Guru she has entered a new performing peak. This is the time when she needs to build on her actress image,” continues the source. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai - to work or not to work’

Aishwarya Rai’s fame has reached as far as Madame Tussauds’ with her wax statue being installed in London. in india, Arjun Prajapati, a local artist from Jaipur, is busy creating 25 sculptures exclusively dedicated to her.

The renowned artiste, who is known for making statues of Gods and Goddesses, says, “For me, she is a form of Goddess Durga. Just like the goddess, Aishwarya’s pictures can be found everywhere; in shops, homes, markets.”

According to the President’s Award winner, “Aishwarya has the perfect face to inspire an artiste, and so i am creating images depicting all facets of her beauty.” The sculptures are expected to take about seven months to complete after which the sculptor wishes to hold an exhibition of the same in Mumbai which he wants Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai to inaugurate. Continue reading ‘Sculptures of Aishwarya Rai’

Celebrity news calls for banal parallels. So it’s not surprising that more than a few papers described Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan as ‘the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie of india’ while reporting their engagement.

There is no denying that the world today is increasingly driven by celebritydom. Granta, in an issue titled ‘Celebrity’, explained: “Celebrities are often seen as fictions, the argument being that they are media inventions, with various amplified, distorted or invented parts of their lives assembled for our benefit and made familiar to us through the media.”

in the process, despite the banality of the procedure or perhaps because of it, some celebrities become symbols of a culture in a flux. Take Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Pitt made it to Newsweek’s cover of ‘15 people who make America great’ last June, with not a few generous mentions of Jolie thrown in. The reason? “He lured the paparazzi to Africa, where people really needed the attention”. Brangelia - the United Colors of Benetton babies by their side - have become symbols of a badly shaken, insecure, post 9/11 America, one that has been forced to look beyond its own nose and reach out to the rest of the world, including some ‘godforsaken place’ called Namibia. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai straddles two indias’

Before finding Mrs Right in former Miss World and one of Bollywood’s highest paid actresses, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan was affianced to the actress Karishma Kapoor.

Abhishek and Karishma celebrated their engagement back in 2002 at the book launch of Amitabh Bachchan’s To Be or Not to Be. Both of their families were over the moon at the union, as were fans.

However, while everyone waited with bated breath for the announcement of a wedding date, Abhishek and Karishma broke up. Not long after that, Karishma married her childhood sweetheart, Sunjay Kapoor, a businessman, and quit the film industry. Karishma and Sunjay, who has a substance abuse problem, are no longer married. However, they do have a daughter together. Continue reading ‘Waiting for the wedding bells …’

Actress Meera has said indian film star Aishwarya Rai - who is engaged to co-star Abhishek Bachchan - would prove to be such a stigma to the Bachchan family that could not be washed away even with the waters of Hindus’ holy river Ganges.

Expressing her “concern and love” for indian icon Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya and for their son Abhishek, Meera said yesterday that it looked like Aishwarya had played her cards well to get close to the Bachchan family. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai will be a disgrace to Bachchans, says Meera’

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be given France’s highest civilian award in New Delhi on January 27.

The Big B will be coming to the capital city along with wife Jaya Bachchan , son Abhishek Bachchan and his fiancee Aishwarya Rai .

At the event, to be held at the French Embassy in the diplomatic area, Mr. Bachchan will be bestowed with the Officier de la Legion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour).

The announcement of the award came last year on Mr. Bachchan’s birthday on October 11. He is being honoured “for his contribution to indian and international cultural life.” Continue reading ‘The Bachchans and Aishwarya Rai coming to Delhi’

A day after the much talked about engagement of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, the superstar couple is back to work. While Abhishek, with mom Jaya Bachchan in tow, left for Jaipur to report on the sets of best buddy Goldie Behl’s ‘Drona’, Ash was busy preparing for her Karijat location of ‘Jodha Akbar’ that will commence soon.

When Aishwarya began her acting career in Bollywood, she was asked in an interview who was the person she found most good-looking in Bollywood. She had just one name then: Salman Khan . She got to act with Salman in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. Salman and Ash became close to each other. Their dirty linen came into public view when Salman barged on the sets of Shah Rukh’s movie ‘Chalte Chalte’ and created a scene there with Ash. it was the last nail in the coffin of Ash-Salman relationship.

The actress moved away from Salman and found love in Vivek Oberoi .On the other hand, Abhishek’s engagement to Karisma Kapoor was broken off and she married a Delhi-based businessman in 2003. Abhi accepted the break-up and sank himself into work. That was the time when Abhi and Ash had already worked together in two films: ‘Dhai Akshar Prem Ke’ and ‘Kuch Naa Kaho’. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan back to work after Engagement’

Delhi is abuzz with people from different embassies waiting to get invited to the prestigious ceremony at the French Embassy, where Amitabh Bachchan will be formally presented with the Legion d’honneur.

And the excitement has increased with Abhishek Bachchan and fiancee Aishwarya Rai expected to attend the event, along with the entire Bachchan clan including Jaya and Shweta.

This will be the first time that Ash will be officially attending a public ceremony as part of the family. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan to stand by Big B’

Dubbed by many as the most beautiful woman in the world, the former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, will never be a star in the United States. How can the reigning queen of indian cinema, not have a chance of a breakthrough in the US?

Aishwarya Rai, is by far the biggest cinema star in india. Having made 24 films in the past 7 years, Aishwarya is adored by over a billion fans. With all this success, why is stardom in the United States out of the question?

Growing up, Aishwarya never had aspirations of being an actress. Aishwarya Rai was raised in a strict middle-class family, and was an “A” student focused on becoming an architect. On a whim, she entered the “Miss World” pageant to create an awareness about indian women and the indian society. Continue reading ‘Blog: Why Aishwarya Rai will never be a star in United States’

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